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[UUKSSINO MACillNES. 



7 feet G inches, and very atroni":, is chartjed 

 £G ios. Messrs. ISiuith aiui Taylor, of Ips- 

 wich, have u patent cultivatiir, or broailshare, 

 adapted for all the purposes ol' a bromi share, 

 scarifier, or drag-harrow, lilted with live 

 wrought iron tines, arranged so that either 

 shares or points may bo used, which can be 

 raised out of the ground backwards. It is 

 similar to a drag-rake, and is self-relieving, 

 when choked with weeds, stubble, &e., or when 

 turning at the ends of the land. Fitted with 

 side levers, to regulate the depth of work, it 

 is charged £9 10s. 



Mr. Charles Clay's cultivator and cradica- 

 tor is a very good implement, applicable to all 

 cultivating purposes, such asbroadsharing, cul- 

 tivating, and grubbing. The tines are lixed to 

 revolving bars by keys, in a very simple man- 

 ner, and are raised out of the soil backwards, 

 similar to a horse-rake. Prizes have been 

 awarded by the Koyal Society, at A\'arwick, 

 and by the Council of the Paris Exhibition, as 

 well as by numerous local societies, to this cul- 

 tivator, and it is now well known as a first-class 

 implement. It is worked by two horses, with 

 five tines. Price, £7. — This maker has also a 

 new implement adapted to steam-power. It 

 runs on one pair of wheels, five feet in diame- 

 ter; requii'es one-half the usual power, and 

 does not require to be turned at the ends. The 

 tines are mounted upon revolving bars or axles ; 

 and, by reversing the engine, the tines place 

 themselves in and out of work without any at- 

 tention from the man, who sits at one end of 

 the implement, and steers by a lever attached 

 to the large pair of wheels, which are in the 

 middle of the frame. Its price is £iO. 



DIBBLING MACHINE. 



A new patent grain and seed-dibbling or 

 planting machine, with six planting wheels, 

 invented and manufactured by Mr. Freer, of 

 liothly, Leicestershire, is an expensive imple- 

 ment, but of excellent construction. It deposits 

 its seeds by hollow iron wheels, which, when 

 drawn over the ploughed soil, press holes, con- 

 centrating the ploughed soil, and reuniting it 

 with the subsoil, by which means the roots of 

 the plants are conducted deep into the earth. 

 Another advantage of concentrating the soil 

 beneath the nots is, that the surrounding 

 loose soil, as it falls by the weather, breaks from 



the steins, allowing them to expand, and niakinf^ 

 the crop less liable to bo brought down by 

 storms. The maeiiino is capable of depoMilinf; 

 from one peck to four bunhels per acre ; but not 

 more than half the seed used by tho drill is 

 required to produce an average of Ovo bushols 

 per acre more than witli the <lrill. It in also 

 durable, and warranted to work elDciently. 

 Its j)rice is £00. 



DRESSING IMACIIINES. 

 Of these machines there are several good 

 makers, each of whom has his own improve- 

 ment to recommend. Mr. Crosskill's has five 

 riddles, and two screens for wheat, beans, &c., 

 and can bo used as a blower by removing the 

 riddles. It is very simple and ellective, and an 

 immense number are now in use. Price, 

 £8 10*. Messrs. Holmes and Sons have 

 manufactured 3,000 of these machines, which 

 are very efficient and simple. They turn easy 

 for the man ; will dress a large quantity, mak- 

 ing a good sample; are very .strong, and fitted 

 up with great care. Price, £9 95. ; carriage 

 wheels, 7*. 6d. extra. — The sauie makers have 

 another, which is very useful for small oc- 

 cupations, and is much approved. It is 

 made on the same principle as the preceding, 

 but smaller, with riddles of 18 by 10 ; and the 

 price makes it a favourite in small occupa- 

 tions. It is £o lO*. — A 20-in. riddle corn- 

 dressing machine, for all kinds of grain, is 

 made by Messrs. Stacey and Sons. With 

 improved wind-board it is convertible, with 

 ease, into a powerful blower or rectifier; 

 being simple, and its perforn)ance equal to the 

 more complicated arrangements. Fitted with 

 six corn-sieves, its price is £10 10s. — Another, 

 to which upwards of forty prizes have been 

 awarded during the last twelve years, including 

 the first prize at the Highland and Agri- 

 cultural Society's shows, held at Glasgow, 

 Edinburgh, and Dumfries; and lirst and second 

 prizes at Perth. These machines efiectuaUy 

 separate the grain from all impurities; are 

 easily driven, and deliver the grain at the side; 

 They are made by llicliardson, of Carlisle, in 

 Cumberland. Price, £9 10*. — Another, for 

 hulling clover and trefoil seed, and made by 

 the liev. li. Hunt, of Earl's Colue, Essex, 

 received the prize at the Bath and West of 

 England show, and the silver medal at Carlisle. 



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